Cord-holder.



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:ROBERT A. PHILLIPS, OF TAYLGRVHLE, IlIiLIIhtJlIS.

CORD-HOLDER.

specification cf Letters Patent.

Patented dan. i, lii.

Application filed August 22, 1916. Serial No. 116,321;

To all 'whom v' may concern:

cord may be within convenient reach.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a pair of support.

ing hooks which may he suspended trom the ceiling or -other suitable place of elevation and attached to the spool or cylinder upon which wrapping cord, twine or wire is usually wound. l

As a further object of the invention the device comprises a pair of sprinr arms having their ends bent and sharpened to provide hooks for biting into the cylinder upon which the cord is wouno, the resiliency of the spring arms tending 'to hold the hooks in engagement with the cylinder.

A further object ot' this invention is the provision of cord holder which consists of comparatively few parte and is simple in construction, but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected.

For a full description of the'invention and the advantages and merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein illustrated the preferred iorm of my inven tion, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical. longitudinal section through a roll of twine showing the same mounted upon the usual cylinder, and having my invention applied thereto.

F ig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the cop which is formed, in thel usual manner, by winding the cord upon a; hollow cylinder 2 so 'that a roll is formed which is slightly truste-conical in formation. Since this is one of the most usual methods of supplying wrapping cord, twine, wire and the like, it is thought advisable to illustrate the invention as being used in connection with this form of roll but it will be understood, of c ourse, that the device may be employed equally as well in connection with a ball of twine or any of the other usual methods of supplying the twine or cord to the trade.

The holder comprises the arms 3 and 4 which are spaced apart. and curved toward each other at their upper ends to provide the U-shaped member 5 in the form o a pair of tongs. The arms 3 and t are relatively wide at their curved portions and gradually t tapered until the free ends of the arms terminate in a' sharpened point or prong (i.`

The ends of the arms are then bent outwardly and curved to provide the pronged hooks 7. v

A supporting eye loop is formed of a 'circulail ring integrally connected to the upper ends of the arms and the ring is cut away at the point at which the ring joins the ends of the arms so that a space is provided for establishing communication between the U shaped member 5 and the eye loop 8. Th meeting ends of the arms are' thus held slightly spaced apart. The arms 3 and e are formed of any suitable spring material and the curved portions of the arms are adapted to impart a resiliency so that each of the arms operates similar to a flat spring. An additional resiliency, however, is obtained by theeye loop 8 which, di course, is circular in yformation but is formed of the same material as the arms 3 and 4.

From the foregoing it will be observed that a very simple and durable cord holder has been provided, the details of which embody the preferred form. desire it to be understood however, that slight changes in the minor details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

I claim:

A holder for core wound cops comprising a pail* ams, 2fach mm m'lmbivey Wide ai; iis upper en@ and Curved iin @ruvida :L resency for the 211cm., the zum@ brf tap/rad tow/1d their im@ ands aufm mating in points, the points being cur/ed provide bodied prongs, said jpo baimg adapted to engage said com,

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